Top-roll saddle.



No. 754,288. PATENTED MAR. 8, 1904..

TOP ROLL SADDLE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 12, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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I UN T D STATES Patented March 8, 1904.

PATENT ()rrrcn.

EZRA DIXON, or BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

' TOP-ROLL SADDLE.

arson-tension forming ester Letters Patent No. rsegsesfdaiea March a,1904..

' .lpplioation and Lugiut 12, 1903. 8aria1No.169,204. on model.)

To all whom it. moi; concern: V

- Beitknown that I, Ezns DIXON, a citizen of the United States, residingat. Bristol, in the countyof Bristol and State of Rhode Island, haveinvented a new'end useful Improvement in Top-Roll Saddles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

*This invention has reference toenimprovenient in toproll saddles, andmore particularly ,to an improvement in the mechanism for edgammyconnecting the weight-strap tothe e. a r

In top-roll saddles it is essential 'sdjustably connect theweight-strepto the his. top.-

on the top rolls may be'edjusted and the pres sure of the ssddleon thetop rollschsnged .wheni'equired.

The object of my inventionis to adjustahly connect the weight-str p withthe front toprollsaddlethrough a slot in the saddle. lily-inventionconsists in the peculiar and novel construction ofth'e frontjtopei'ollsaddle and the upper end of the .weightstrap; said =5 saddle hevingaslot for the weight-strap sud a slide edjnsteblysecured to the saddle bya. set-screw extending-through asl'ot in the slide coincidingwith'the'slot in the saddle, with means ontheslide for holding theT-shaped 3 upper-end of the weight-strap, as willbe more fully set forthhereinafter.

. 1 is aside view of the front and rear top-roll saddles, showing thesaddles bearing onthe journals of the top rolls and the front 3 5 saddleprodded with an adjustable slide to .'which the upper end of theweight-strap is connected through slots in the saddle and slide. Fig.2is an enlarged plan view of the front top-roll seddle, showing the slotinthe 4; adjustable slide coinciding with the slot in the saddle for theupper end ofthe weight-strap. Fig. '3 is a sectional view takenlengthwise through the front top-roll saddlef g and Fig. 4: is atransverse sectional View tliroughthe front top-roll saddle, showing theupper end 7 of the weight-strap extending through the slots in thesaddle and slide and supported by its T-sheped end on the slide. In thedrawings, a a indicate the journals roll saddie, whereby the position ofthe saddle 5 of the top rolls; 6, the back saddle; c, the front saddle,and d the Weight-strap. The back saddle 6 is constructed in the usualway to form bearings for \the back and intermediate top-roll journalsand to support the rear end of the front saddle. The forward end of thefront saddle '0 has the-usual bearing forthe journdl of the front toproll, and extending downwardly through the front saddle isthe elongatedslot 0' for'the-.weiglit-strap d. The slide 0 is a'djustably secured onthe top of the front saiddle c by the set-screw .0 passing. through theelongated slot 0 in the slide.

The T-shsped end (2' of the weight-strap d is supported in the groove 0formed by upwardlyturned lips on the forward end of the slide 0 Y Theupper end 'of the weight-strap (Z is" passed upward through thesiot c inthe saddie and the slot 0 in the slide and given a quarter-turn to bringthe T-shaped end 03' over and into the groove 0 in the slide a. Theslide may now be adjusted to bring the weight-strap into the positionrequired and se'cured by tightening the set-screw c weight-strapextending through the slot in the slide and the slot in the saddle.

Having thus described my inventionfl claim 'thejsaddle having anelongated slot coinciding with the slot in the saddle, means foradjustably securing. the slide to the saddle, a weightstrap having aT-shaped upper end, and means on the slide for holding the T-shapcdupper end of the weight-strap, as described."

In its operative position the weight-strap is locked to the front saddleand is removed from the 3. In top-roll saddles,- the combinationwithstrap to the front top-roll saddle and prevent the back saddle b,'thefront saddle 0 having lateral movement of the slide, as descri the slot0, the slide ctadjustably secured to Intestiinonywhereoflhawesignedmyname' the saddle c by the set-screw 0 through the to thisspecification in the presence of two Subl. slot 0 in the slide, and theweight-.strap d ha ve scribing witnesses.

ing the T shaped upper end d adapted to ex EZRA DIXON.

tend' through the slot in the saddle and the lWitnsses:

' slot in the slide to engage with the groove 0' ADA E.2HAGEBTY, in theslide to adjnstably connect the weight- J J. A,. M1LLE J r,

